modest fortune

small letters — letras fpl minúsculas

the small screen — la pequeña pantalla, la pantalla chica (AmL)

to be small beer o (AmE also) small potatoes: for him $2,000 is small beer — para él 2.000 dólares no son nada or son poca cosa

to feel small — sentirse* insignificante or (fam) poca cosa

the dress is too small for her — el vestido le viene pequeño or chico

• to have a small appetite — no ser de mucho comer, comer poco

• to become or get or grow smaller — [income, difficulties, supply, population, amount] disminuir, reducirse; [object] hacerse más pequeño

• to break/ cut sth up small — romper algo en trozos pequeños/cortar algo en trocitos

• to get or grow smaller, until the small hours — hasta altas horas de la noche

• to be small in size — [country] ser pequeño; [animal, object] ser de pequeño tamaño; [room] ser de dimensiones reducidas

• in small letters — en minúsculas

• this house makes the other one look small — esta casa hace que la otra se quede pequeña

• to make o.s. small — achicarse

to make sth smaller — [+ income, difficulties, supply, population, amount] reducir algo; [+ object, garment] reducir algo de tamaño, hacer algo más pequeño

• the smallest room — euph hum el excusado

it was small beer compared to the money he was getting before — no era nada or era poca cosa comparado con lo que ganaba antes

• to start in a small way — empezar desde abajo

• to feel small — sentirse insignificante

• to make sb look small — rebajar a algn

• she said in a small voice — dijo con un hilo de voz

when we were small — cuando éramos pequeños or chicos

• to be small comfort or consolation (to sb) — servir de poco consuelo (a algn)

• to be of small concern (to sb) — importar poco (a algn)

• to have small hope of success — tener pocas esperanzas de éxito

• a matter of small importance — un asunto de poca importancia

• don't think too small — piensa más a lo grande

• try not to write so small — intenta no escribir con una letra tan pequeña

small ad N — (Brit) anuncio m por palabras

small arms NPL — armas fpl ligeras de bajo calibre

small business N — pequeña empresa f

the small businessman N — el pequeño empresario

small capitals NPL — (Typ) (also: small caps) versalitas fpl

small change N — suelto m, cambio m, calderilla f, sencillo m (LAm), feria f (Mex) *

small claims court N — tribunal m de instancia (que se ocupa de asuntos menores)

small end N — (Aut) pie m de biela

small fry * N —

small intestine N — intestino m delgado

small investor N — pequeño(-a) inversionista mf

small print N — letra f menuda

small screen N — pequeña pantalla f, pantalla f chica (LAm)

small talk N — charla f, charloteo * m

• to make small talk — charlar, charlotear *

small town N — (US) ciudad f pequeña

small letters — letras fpl minúsculas

the small screen — la pequeña pantalla, la pantalla chica (AmL)

to be small beer o (AmE also) small potatoes: for him $2,000 is small beer — para él 2.000 dólares no son nada or son poca cosa

to feel small — sentirse* insignificante or (fam) poca cosa

Brutus: "...there is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune... " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Julius Caesar’, act IV, sc. 3) — Брут: "...В делах людей прилив есть и отлив. С приливом достигаем мы успеха... " (перевод М. Зенкевича)

After a few tentative and resultless undertakings in the way of highway robbery... he made one or two modest essays in horse-herding, and it was in the midst of a promising enterprise of this character, and just as he had taken the tide in his affairs at its flood, that he made shipwreck. (‘Nineteenth Century American Short Stories’, A. Bierce, ‘The Famous Gilson Bequest’) — После нескольких неудачных попыток совершить грабеж на большой дороге... мистер Бентли раз или два попробовал поработать пастухом, но, как раз когда его дела уже начали идти в гору, он вдруг потерпел крушение.

Brutus, the ordinator of the saying, took the tide at the flood, and it led him and his friends on to death. (H. Lawson, ‘The Rising of the Court’, ‘Mateship in Shakespeare's Rome’) — Брут создал выражение "с приливом достигаем мы успеха"; но именно этот успех привел его и его друзей к гибели.